The legal process in the United States has always been slow, in part because it involves checks and balances at every level. Today, as I’ve previously noted, it’s slower than ever.

In an effort to bend all branches of government to the President’s will, the current administration has launched an all-out attack on policies, rules, laws, and even the Constitution itself, as well as on longstanding judicial case law and precedents.

These Executive branch actions, whether legal or not, can be ordered almost instantly. One of the latest is Trump’s withholding various sources of federal funding from states or cities refusing to follow Trump’s demands involving immigration, many of which have been rejected by federal courts as being unlawful.

While news sources have often failed to point out is that, in the majority of lawsuits, the Trump administration has either lost the initial suits or had the Administration’s powers curbed to a degree, but because the Administration appeals everything to the Supreme Court, the process of employing the courts to force the President to comply with the Constitution is long, time-consuming, and expensive.

In the meantime, the Trump Administration continues adding “initiatives” of dubious legality to hamper or punish cities, states, organizations, and individuals who oppose Trump’s power grabs.

The result is a sort of “race,” where the Trump Administration keeps trying to cut federal programs and services legislated, authorized, and funded by Congress, as well as engaging in hiring and firing practices clearly legally questionable, faster than the courts can handle the lawsuits asserting the illegality of previous Executive branch actions.

Unfortunately, this particular race not only overloads the judicial system, but weakens the checks and balances instituted by the framers of the Constitution, something clearly understood by those manipulating the spoiled narcissistic superannuated toddler who calls himself the most powerful man on the planet.